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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 2026

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August 27 2026

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August 27 2026

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### A Second Karen Bass Term Gets Her (and Us) Four More Years Of Well-Earned Voter Outrage

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## [Bryan Freedman and the Legal Infrastructure Behind Los Angeles Entertainment](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33210:bryan-freedman-and-the-legal-infrastructure-behind-los-angeles-entertainment&catid=312)

Los Angeles has spent more than a century building an economy around entertainment. The most visible parts of that economy are familiar: studio lots…

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on August 13 2026.

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Written by Ziggy Kruse Blue and Bob Blue on August 13 2026.

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Written by Eva Amar on August 13 2026.

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Written by Thomas Glick on August 10 2026.

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Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on August 10 2026.

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Written by Caroline Aguirre on August 08 2026.

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Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on August 10 2026.

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Written by Lionel Mares on August 06 2026.

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Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on August 06 2026.

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Written by Dylan Kendall on August 06 2026.

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Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on August 05 2026.

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Written by Hans Johnson on August 04 2026.

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Written by Avrohom Moshe on July 30 2026.

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Written by James A. Ditto on July 30 2026.

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Written by Chris Tilly, CD11 Coalition for Human Rights on July 30 2026.

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